Upcoming Edition: The Future of Sorting Technology for Fresh Produce

Sorting technology has been an essential factor for ensuring the food safety that consumers can rely on today. As production and productivity increases, new pests and damages appear and food safety requirements by retailers and governments become stricter I wanted to understand the current and upcoming solutions. The upcoming Fruit World edition will offer an overview of current and future sorting technologies – and the companies behind it. These are the topics:

The challenges: New Regulations, Consumer and Client Requirements

How will new pests, inputs and damages change the challenges for sorting?

Who offers the best solutions for which crop? A comparison.

Which role will self-learning algorithms and new sensors play in the future?

Which role will big data and the combination of production and postproduction data play in the future?

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